Archive: 30 May 2020

30 May 2020 | Julia Malunga

People will get fed up of PF if we’re dominated by thugs – Lungu

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the people will soon get fed up of PF if some undisciplined top officials are left unchecked. And President Lungu says top PF leaders who are going round the country claiming […]

30 May 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lilayi paramilitary officers cry foul over illegal salary deductions

PARAMILITARY police officers at the Lilayi main camp have complained that management has been making deductions on their salaries as contributions for projects within the camp without their consent. But Zambia Police spokesperson Esther Katongo […]

30 May 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Ex-PF official narrates assault ordeal by ruling party members

FORMER PF information publicity secretary for Justine Kabwe Ward 21 in Mandevu Constituency has narrated how he was allegedly pepper-sprayed and whipped with a hosepipe by ruling party members during intra-party elections at Olympic Africa […]

30 May 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

I’m not aware of any Chilubi by-election matter filed in court, submits Mwila

PATRIOTIC Front secretary general Davies Mwila has argued that he is not aware of any originating process that has been filed in the High Court relating to the Chilubi parliamentary by-election held on February 13, […]

30 May 2020 | Stuart Lisulo

Inflation soars to 16.6%

THE annual rate of inflation has risen to 16.6 per cent in May, up from 15.7 per cent recorded in April, the highest on record since September, 2016, according to the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA). […]

30 May 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu should test for COVID-19 – Sacika

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu should test for COVID-19 because he has been in contact with both Information Minister Dora Siliya and her health counterpart Dr Chitalu Chilufya, says Former Secretary to Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika. And […]

30 May 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

Lies have cost me my friendship with Hichilema, laments Mumbi

PATRIOTIC Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has lamented that political lies in the media have cost her the good friendship she had with UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. And Phiri has insisted that 2021 presidential […]

30 May 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Spending $5m on debt consultant a waste – Milupi

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says government’s decision to hire a French company to help restructure Zambia’s debt at a cost of US$5 million is a waste of resources because there […]

30 May 2020 | Diggers Editor

Fire Dr Chilufya or leave him alone, don’t be a coward

THE arrest, prosecution and subsequent acquittal of Cabinet Minister Ronald Chitotela last year without him vacating office said everything that needed to be said about President Edgar Lungu’s weakness on governance. While the whole country […]